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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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